Blossoms in the Dust warms Fort Worth crowd at Capitol Theater
Greer Garson stars as Edna Kahley in Blossoms in the Dust a humane tale of motherhood and refuge. Walter Pidgeon gives a solid Texas lead while Felix Bressart Marsha Hunt and Fay Holden support a heartfelt drama about hardship resilience and adoption in a Depression era set. The review praises the film for its warmth and universal appeal.
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Capitol Theater
Waswrighter Garsongs
Walter Pidecon Restar
Felix Bressart
Arlot Cess
Marsha Hant
Wisconsin
Fort Worth
Edna
Greer Garson
Edna Kahley
Mrs. Miniver
Walter Pidgeon
Marsha Hunt
Fay Holden
Samuel S. Hinds
Central Texas Area Weather Forecast Summary
Weather outlook for Central Texas shows warm conditions with strong winds and scattered showers. Partial cloudiness across North and West Texas with coastal showers. cooler with scattered activity near the coast. Temperature readings vary by city, with notable data from Fort Worth Houston and Laredo. moon and sun timings listed for April.
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Weather Bureau
Ore
Texas
Bunrine
Awsil
BA Dearee
Entepolis
Lake Buchanan
Fort Worth
Houston
Laredo
Han Antonio
Waco
Dallas Minister Gets Surprise Gift From Congregation
The Rev. John Shuler of Lakewood Methodist Church found a new car in his driveway on Easter morning after backing out of the drive at 5 a.m. A white ribbon and tag on the parked car revealed it was a gift from his congregation for the sunrise service.
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Dallas
John Shuler
Lakewood Methodist Church
Shuler
Dill Pickel Enters Race for Unexpired Worley Term
Borger April 9 UP W T Dill Pickel accountant joined 10 candidates in the May 6 18th Congressional District election to fill the unexpired term of former Representative Eugene Worley Worley left to take a federal judgeship Altavene Clark on leave from the House agriculture committee ranks among the entrants.
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Borger
W. T. (Dill) Pickel
Eugene Worley
Pickel
Altavene Clark
House Agriculture Committee
Worley
Six Believed Dead After Tug Lorraine Sinks in Chesapeake Bay
The tug Lorraine sank in lower Chesapeake Bay near Windmill Point Light at 1 am CST. Captain O P Brown was rescued hours later. a body identified as deck hand Norman Fisher was recovered, and four other crewmen remain missing as Coast Guard units search the area.
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Chesapeake Bay
Norfolk, Va
Coast Guard
O. P. Brown
Norfolk
Deltaville
Windmill Point Light
Rappahannock River
Ajax
Elizabeth City
N. C
Norman Fisher
Dottie Dee
Wolf Trap
Fisher
Maryland
Iron Lung Girl in Michigan City Dies After Throat Disease
Patricia Davis a 20 year old Hanover College student in Michigan City dies after a rare throat disease thrombocytopenic purpura weakened her arteries. An urgent search carried an iron lung from Mishawaka arriving by police escort. She is survived by her mother Mrs Richard E Davis.
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Michigan City
Ind
Patricia Davis
Hanover College
Mishawaka
Miss Davis
Richard E. Davis
Paramount Presents Classic Films With Star Casts
A collage of film showings features Diana, Greer Garson, James Stewart, Gary Cooper and other stars. The schedule highlights Technicolor delights and notable pairings across multiple theaters with celebrity titles and dates.
Wonder Drug Aureomycin Spurs Animal Growth
At the American Chemical Society meeting in Philadelphia researchers from Lederle Laboratories report aureomycin greatly speeds growth in hogs chickens and turkeys by up to 50 percent with minimal dose. They note no side effects and say feeding costs are low with five pounds enough to mix into a ton of feed. The drug may have potential to aid undernourished children and boost meat supply, though its vitamin status is uncertain.
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Philadelphia
American Chemical
Lederle Laboratories
Pearl River
N. Y
Turkey
Stokstadt
Jukes
Washington State College
Connecticut
Florida
Something New Added To Slav Easter Parade
BELGRADE April 9 Some thing new was added to the Easter parade in Communist Yugoslavia Sunday the clump clump clump of marching workers There were few bonny bonnets and little Easter finery in evidence here but the country's work brigades were called out for district or of their strength and loyalty Still there was another parade to church just as there was on Good Friday when hundreds stood in queues before Serbian Orthodox Churches for the traditional Easter services.
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Belgrade
Communist
Yugoslavia
Newcomer Barbara Bennett Sees Barracks Burn Near Tokyo
Thirteen hours after arriving in Japan Miss Barbara Bennett lost possessions valued at 2500 dollars. The Phoenix woman, 26, arrived to work for the Far East Material Command and was assigned to a barracks that burned at 10 pm, 20 miles west of Tokyo. All 257 civilian employees escaped as two firemen were overcome by smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Barbara Bennett
Phoenix
Ariz
Far East Air Materiel Command
Atlanta Told To Lead Nation In Lovelies
Harold Helfer, an unverified expert for American Legion Magazine, claims Atlanta has more pretty girls than any U S city with one in two. the South allegedly has more lovelies. Dallas reports one in three, El Paso one in eight, and New Orleans one in twelve.
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Atlanta
United States
Harold Helfer
Helfer
American Legion Magazine
South
Dallas
Texas
el Paso
New Orleans
Pickerel submarine completes 30 day underwater voyage to Pearl Harbor
Commander Paul R. Schratz led the Pickerel from Hong Kong to Pearl Harbor surfacing zero times during March 15 to April 5. The 300 foot submarine traveled at periscope depth averaging 10 knots with 67 crew and eight officers aboard.
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Pearl Harbor
Paul R. Schratz
Pickere
Hong Kong
Cribbage
Accy Dency
Pearl
Scehrate
Philippine
Schratz
Pittsburgh
Frank W. Schratz
Henrietta
Pearl Harbor Naval Housing Area
Navy Patrol Plane Missing With Ten Aboard
A US Navy patrol plane with a crew of ten vanished on a training flight from Wiesbaden to Copenhagen. The PBAY departed before noon and was declared missing at midnight after fuel would have run out. Danish and US air units joined a wide search from Copenhagen with B17s and Dakota aircraft, the aircraft based near Casablanca.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
US Air Force
Copenhagen
Bremerhaven
Gedser
Luebeck
Baltic
Air Force
Port Lyautey
Casablanca
North Africa
Holiday Accident Toll Reaches 191
Deaths from Easter weekend accidents rose to 191 by Sunday night. Traffic fatalities totaled 151 as icy roads affected the North Central states. Fires and other causes accounted for the remaining deaths, with at least 10 in Texas including six traffic deaths and three shootings.
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Texas
Three Injured In Burnet Road Head-On Crash
A Sunday 7 30 p m head on collision on Burnet Highway injured three people. William Bryan 52 of 1304 West 37th remained in serious condition at Brackenridge Hospital with a cut above his eye and possible rib injuries. Peter Paul Zanowiak 31 and his wife were admitted to Brackenridge with facial and leg injuries and forehead wound respectively. The Zanowiaks reside at 1107 Northwest Third Mineral Wells.
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Austin
Burnet Highway
William Bryan
West 37Th
Brackenridge Hospital
Anderson Lane
Highway 29
Peter Paul Zanowiak
T. O. Dillard
Johnny Krumnow
Zanowiak
Zanowiaks
Northwest Third, Mineral Wells
Pecos Family Quarrel Ends in Tragedy In Texas
Reeves County sheriff reports a Sunday family quarrel with three gun deaths. Manuel Marquez and Florentino Salcido were killed. Mrs. Marquez seriously wounded. Marquez gave the fatal shots then killed himself. Salcido was shot in the temple.
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Pecos
Reeves County
Charlie Fitzgerald Jr
Manuel Marquez
Florentino Salcido
Fitzgerald
Marquez
Salcido
Death notices and funerals prominent in Austin area
The page lists multiple funeral notices including J. S. Hutson of Bee Cave with graveside rites at Roberts Cemetery, Walter C. Thompson of 913 West Lynn St with survivors and Cook Funeral Home arrangements, infant Valenta, James Knox Polk Butler Sr with Memorial Park burial, Herbert William Johnson with Memorial Park burial, William Monroe Brinkley with Chapel of the Bells burial, Virgil Lavon House of San Antonio with Memorial Park burial, Floyd W. Jolley of Lockhart with First Baptist services and Lockhart Cemetery burial, Mrs. S. A. Strole of Taylor with Condra Funeral Home service and city cemetery burial, and other survivor details and officiants.
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J. S. Hutson
Bee Cave
Hylton Manor
Roberts Cemetery
George Hudson
Watson Springs Baptist Church
Claude Cooper
Lonnie Roberts
Ira Hutson
Truman Thurman
Frank Cantwell
Harden Wallace
Walter C. Thompson
West Lynn St
George W. Keeton
Austin
Ruby Lee Cobbs
Fayettesville
N. C
Elizabeth Milligan
Freeville
New York
Temple
Cook Funeral Home
Valenta
Robert Valenta
Oakwood Cemetery
James Knox Polk Butler SR
Allen Street
Nora Butler
C. E. Martin
Winslow, Ariz
W. E. Martin
Abilene
A. T. Armstrong
Sommerset
O. F. Rosentritt
James Knox Polk Butler Jr
William T. Butler
W. D. Lumsden
Georgia
John Barclay
Memorial Park
Roy Farrer
G. B. Barnhart
Leslie Walker
W. K. Dill
C. B. Maufras
J. J. Davis
Herbert William Johnson
Methodist Church
Oklahoma Philatelic Society
O. W. Johnson
Travis LaRue
Robert V. Johnson
San Diego
Calif
Weed-Corley
Edmund Heinsohn
William Monroe Brinkley
Chapel of the Bells
Virgil Lavon House
San Antonio
Harry Pesner
Virgil House
Lawrence Ray House
Lockhart
Floyd W. Jolley
First Baptist Church
E. L. Clark
J.C. Jones
McCurdy
Floy W. Jolley Jr
Wayland D. Jolley
A. W. Jolley
A. Strole Taylor
S. A. Strole
Condra
W. A. Irvin
C. L. Plaeger
Taylor
E. L. Lauck
Howard Spencer
B. N. Hays
Alf Weidenbaum
C. S. Johnson
W. S. Wilson
Siam Contracts to Buy Jap Railway Equipment
Siam formally contracted to buy 4 million dollars worth of railway rolling stock from Japan. The deal covers 50 locomotives 70 passenger cars and 500 freight cars.
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Siam
Tokyo
Thailand
Japan
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Congress
Braniff
Austin Hotel
Howard’s
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Purina
Gardless
Gen Wesley Cleaner
Guadalupe
Brown
John Ward
Lorraine
The
Eastern Transporation Co
Baltimore, Md
Wilmington
Del
Paramount
Cinderella
W ‘Dianey Charac
Aye Teune
Boro Oer Riemeith
Fam Lundigen
Jolin Wasayne
Quaares
Rea Lease
Capitol- Throush
Tureday
Pee “Parks
Fa Hale
Kreush
Murray Madeline
Iri
Lve Heworth
Gene Iy
Pertnure Peis
Ls ‘Ord
Vuive Arms
Gary Cooper
Helen Haves
By Clark
BY Roy Elsoyan
Associated Press
Burnet Road
Lagi
Giacomo J. Candelari
Galveston
Gulf Brewing Co
Houston, Texas
Srand Prize
Hutson
Herbert W. Johnson
Virgil Lavon
Yaya
WEED
Corley Funeral Home
Lavaca
Austin, Texas
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